When will FPGA Arcade Replay Batch 2 be available?

[mikej]

Hi,
I have been a bit snowed under recently with the day job.
Most of the first batch are now assembled, about 20% have shipped. I am mailing out to people on the list as boards are ready, asking if they still want them, taking payment and shipping immediately.

I have been working on Jakub's code to make it a little bit more generic (to support other cores). I would like to ship boards with this new code which is nearly working.
I am going to send out to current board owners a beta release probably on Sunday.

I want to get this all done before I kick off batch 3 with the factory. They have sourced most of the components, but I don't want to get more PCBs made until I am happy with the new memory controller. (I have about 9 boards where the memory interface is not reliable so improving the memory timing is important)

The pace is picking up now though...
/Mike

[mikej]

@MikeJ, Is the current memory controller too optimisitic regardning timing etc?

Well I may not get the new core out today, but soon.
The memory controller has very relaxed timing actually and the performance can be increased. It needs to be a little more flexible in the IO timing as I'm seeing some differences between boards. I do memory controllers for a living, so it's not an issue.

I do try to email everybody back, if I don't then mail me back, I've probably not got the mail.
Cheers,
MikeJ

[mikej]

How much difference is it between the boards? I guess it's the memory chip itself that varies and not the FPGA etc.

Both actually, but only a little. This was an anticipated problem, it was just the entire first batch worked fine. With the new controller it is very solid.
/MikeJ

[mikej]

I'd love to put my name down to get one of these. I'll 3D print a case to make it look somewhat like an old wedge Amiga

Is there a plan for the layout of the board (size and mounting holes?)

Yes, it's somewhere on the website but I'll put up a new page with all the resources.
/MikeJ

[mikej]

I have a small eMaker Huxley, but have almost finished (just waiting to get the extruder parts that can't be printed) building a new one capable of a 200x200x160mm print envelope.

@Mike, could you pop on here the page once it is up, i'll keep looking myself but in case I miss it! :lol:

Send me an email and I'll mail the dwg files to you.
/Mike